On Saturday 30 Jul 2005 16:24, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: > On Saturday 30 July 2005 10:10 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > | Happy Saturday. > | > | Can anyone point me to data recovery options? Hosed a > | win2k drive this morning. I don't think it's panic data, > | but I would like to give recovery a shot and the drive > | doesn't appear to be physically damaged. > | > | I think drive was ntfs formatted. > | > | I googled a hundred win progs that all claim success, but > | can't find a linux alternative. > | > | TIA > | > | Lee > | > | > | > | > | __________________________________________________________ > | Message transport security by GatewayDefender.com > | 10:14:09 AM ET - 7/30/2005 > > For data recovery and troubleshooting inaccessible or nonoperational > systems, I created my own custom Live CD using mklivecd from the projects > CVS (not the version included with recent MDK versions) at > http://livecd.berlios.de/. You can also use MDV Move, Knoppix, and other > Live CD distributions. Most can be downloaded as an iso image file, then > burned to CD or DVD. > > A live CD is an OS on a bootable CD. While it is not specifically a data > recovery tool, it can be used for that purpose. A live CD can also be used > to try out Linux without installing any thing on the computer. The Live > CD's performance will usually be noticeably slower than an installed OS > (FYI). > > Boot from the live CD. Mount the partition which contains the data you want > to recover. Now you can either copy the data to another partition, or use > K3B or friends to select the data to be recovered and burn to CD or DVD. > > HTH, Try recovery is posible (RIP). Can't remember their address. Or Mandrake/ Mandriva Move -- "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." --Hermann Goering
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